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All the world's encyclopedic information, in every language, for free.  The site that brought wiki to the masses and started the free information revolution.  Wikipedia is now one of the most popular sites on the Internet and the authority on a countless number of topics.
Wikipedia
MSRP $0.00
Release date January, 2001
Brand Wikimedia
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Pros & Cons

ProSCORE
40 reviews
73
negative
mixed
positive
32 positive
5 mixed
3 negative

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Pros:
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Supported by a huge, passionate community of Wikipedians
+28agreedisagree

Open-content, open-source
+28agreedisagree

Easily Edited
+23agreedisagree

Best resource of info on the Internet
+23agreedisagree

Updated every second of the day
+23agreedisagree

Makes the world a better place
+17agreedisagree

Provides good general overviews of many topics (uncontroversial ones)
+3agreedisagree

not easily edited(you can edit but in about 2 secs its back to normal{it only edits once it has been verified})
-1agreedisagree

Cons:
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Sometimes the subject of controversies over the accuracy of its content
+22agreedisagree

Easily Edited
+8agreedisagree

Editorial process is highly political
+3agreedisagree

Groups seize control of articles to promote their viewpoints or interests
+2agreedisagree

Phony experts can easily add bad information (confidence, supporting detail)
+2agreedisagree

Obsessive types add huge quantities of irrelevant detail and/or references to video games and TV shows
+1agreedisagree

Individuals add articles which promote themselves and/or their products
0agreedisagree

not as unbiased as it claims to be - many articles with political undertones tend to be somewhat "left-wing"
-2agreedisagree

Built in search engine is almost unusable
-4agreedisagree


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This report was started October 23, 2006 at 7:38 am by Omar
with the last edit occurring Sunday, 11:13 AM by Fugazi
This page has been viewed 2502 times, with 305 edits by 43 contributors.
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Comments

1.  avatar Erik said:

I still remember that first time I used Wikipedia in 2004. I did a Google search for "leptons" and ended browsing this great resource of information on subatomic particles. Then, I noticed the "edit this page". So what did I do? Wrote a message to my brother then messaged him to see if it was true.
Oct 23, 2006 9:58am
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shadowtech

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December 28, 2008
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ProSCORE
0
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0 pros
3 cons

Pros

Did not agree with any pros

Cons

  • Sometimes the subject of controversies over the accuracy of its content
  • Easily Edited
  • not as unbiased as it claims to be - many articles with political undertones tend to be somewhat "left-wing"

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dalley.rick@gmail.com

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July 5, 2008
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ProSCORE
100
negative
mixed
positive
3 pros
0 cons
love itlove it
have ithave it

Pros

  • Supported by a huge, passionate community of Wikipedians
  • Easily Edited
  • Best resource of info on the Internet

Cons

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rabidpotatochip

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May 28, 2008
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ProSCORE
33
negative
mixed
positive
1 pro
2 cons

Pros

  • Open-content, open-source

Cons

  • Sometimes the subject of controversies over the accuracy of its content
  • Easily Edited

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Coop

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July 23, 2009
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ProSCORE
50
negative
mixed
positive
1 pro
1 con

Pros

  • Open-content, open-source

Cons

  • Sometimes the subject of controversies over the accuracy of its content

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princessturkey

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April 8, 2008
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ProSCORE
50
negative
mixed
positive
1 pro
1 con
love itlove it

Pros

  • Best resource of info on the Internet

Cons

  • Easily Edited

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Sri

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February 24, 2008
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ProSCORE
100
negative
mixed
positive
2 pros
0 cons
love itlove it

Pros

  • Best resource of info on the Internet
  • Makes the world a better place

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serhat

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October 11, 2007
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ProSCORE
50
negative
mixed
positive
1 pro
1 con

Pros

  • Easily Edited

Cons

  • Easily Edited

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xenomania

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June 30, 2007
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ProSCORE
50
negative
mixed
positive
1 pro
1 con

Pros

  • Easily Edited

Cons

  • Easily Edited

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flyspirit

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November 21, 2007
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ProSCORE
100
negative
mixed
positive
1 pro
0 cons

Pros

  • Best resource of info on the Internet

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Jan

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October 19, 2007
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ProSCORE
100
negative
mixed
positive
1 pro
0 cons

Pros

  • Best resource of info on the Internet

Cons

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